Broncos not expecting much in Tim Tebow trade

The Broncos are expected to move quickly to trade Tim Tebow as soon as the Peyton Manning signing becomes official, and they’re not going to hold out for a great offer.

ESPN’s Chris Mortensen reported that the Broncos aren’t confident at all that they’re going to get much of value for Tebow, who two years ago was a first-round draft pick in Denver and two months ago was a winning quarterback in a playoff game in Denver.

As we’ve previously noted, Mortensen mentioned that Jaguars owner Shad Khan would love to see Tebow in a Jaguars uniform from a business perspective, even if the football people tell him that it doesn’t make sense from a football perspective because Blaine Gabbert was the Jaguars’ first-round pick last year and Chad Henne has been signed as well. This might just be a move where the owner overrules the football people, especially if Tebow can be had on the cheap.

Tebow’s popularity in Florida could also lead to Miami or Tampa Bay seeking his services, and the Patriots could have some interest, as offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels was the man who drafted Tebow in Denver, and head coach Bill Belichick has said he liked Tebow after studying the Urban Meyer offense that Tebow ran at Florida.

Remember when the wildcat was semi successful and everyone thought it was genius? Then every team created their own and became useless? Same thing with tebow, he had a few decent games then everyone figured it out. He will be a bench warmer where ever he goes. Because he can’t throw!

Of course they won’t get much when the begin the deal by saying we don’t expect much. I think Elway should sue the league for excessive concussions. Of course the damage probably limits him from thinking of that.

Texans should offer a 5th rounder for him to back up Schaub. As “good” as T.J. Yates looked last season, he was awful. 158 yards a game isn’t something a “prototypical” QB should be throwing. Tebow also threw for the same amount of yardage, but added 70 yards rushing a game.

no shnit, their is no way they actually thought any team would make a respectable offer & with that rational approach how did they land peyton,OH WELL WATCH OUT STEELER FANS WERE COMING FOR WALLACE!!!!

Sounds like the guy saying “..I’d be surprised if he went for much better than a fifth rounder” is trying to make a headline. Tebow is AT LEAST worth a fourth rounder on his H-back skills alone.

At a minimum, the guy can run in the NFL. He routinely trucked and outran linebackers and secondary players last year. Add in his star power and potential as a QB, he could definitely go for a 2nd-3rd rounder to the right buyer.

Bud Adams not getting Peyton Manning and being left out for many of the top free agents is a PERFECT example of the owner NOT making your personal decisions…unless the Jaguars can trade a 2013 7th round draft pick to get him…then it doesn’t need to happen. PERIOD!

The dude played three games last year with a quarterback rating over 100. And one was a 149.3. His TD to INT ratio was 2-1, and 3-1 if you count his rushing TDs. That’s not bad for a second-year quarterback who has yet to play a full season.

You don’t do those things and not know how to play. You also don’t win playoff games if you don’t know how to play.

Is Teebow to praise for all the Broncos success last year. No, his team certainly came through but he was the catalyst, no doubt.

“vegaskid21 says:
Mar 19, 2012 1:24 PM
Yeah, the Broncos aren’t expecting much for a guy who helped take a 1-4 team to the playoffs and got the pleasure of knocking out the damn Steelers. Elway is an ungreatful bas*ard.”

Says the illiterate sore loser. You and the rest of the Tetards can now GET THE HELL OUT OF DENVER.

Peyton chose comfortability and money over his best chance at winning a championship and playing in same conference as lil bro. Why not choose the team that was less than a quarter from playing in the championship if you’re really serious about winning another title? Guess he’s contempt in having 1 more than Marino.

And it’s not like Joe Montana when he went to Chiefs. Here’s the difference between the two. Montana got traded to Chiefs. He would of never signed with the Chiefs. But like any true competitor he made the best of his given situation. Something Peyton didn’t in this case.

I have never seen a person who you would think would be loved and adored by everyone get treated so badly.

This guy has never once “tooted his own horn” or done anything to cause harm or embarrassment to his organization or teammates. He played hard, was pretty much an awful passer, but he did bring some excitement. Looks like he will be a footnote in sports history, though.

Here in Denver, I think half the Denver Metro area bought his jersey last year even though the organization knew he would be gone the first chance they got. Its business, but sometimes…ok, all the time, the business side of things is unfair to fans.

Don’t we all know that Peyton lost strength in his arm that will not come back and will ultimately cause him to not play that precision timing game with anywhere near the efficiency he did previously?

Buddy Nix & Chan Gailey were desperately trying to trade back into the late 1st round to nab this guy and were beaten out by the Broncos. Trust me… if he can in fact be had on the cheap…. the Bills will try to get him.

you have to admit, John Elway threw Tebow under the bus quite a bit. Tebow was at the helm when they won the division, and won a playoff game, and excited the entire league.

Elway just kept throwing Tebow under, and didn’t seem to care. The move makes sense, and is the only Elway could have gotten rid of Tebow without Denver residents running him out of town. but still, Tebow was not exactly treated well in Denver by the front office. and he brought more excitement to that franchise. and now they are going to trade him for a new set of urinal cakes if they are lucky.

I know Peyton is a HOFer. That being said, I do not think this deal will make Denver a SB contender. Tebow is not a terrible QB, as many think he is. If you watched him closely, he looked a whole lot better in December & January, than he did in September. I wish them both the best.

Dont the eagles need a 3rd qb. Maybe andy can do something about timmys throwing and with vick being injury prone i could see them signin him, hell he cant be worse than vince young was. I still think its a mistake for manning to go to denver instead of SF.

You have to remember, Casserly is an idiot so take what he says with a grain of salt. This is the first rumor he’s put out that actually came true. As far as talent evaluator and football guru, Casserly proved he wasn’t either at Houston. That’s why he’s a media shrill and not in football. I think there will be several teams that would pony up a 3rd or 4th rounder who currently have a question mark at QB. Look at Alex Smith. How in the hell did he continue to be in the league?

The people that love Tebow are the people responsible for the Broncos having to trade him. If you morons wouldn’t treat him like he was an all pro QB and see him for what he is ( a QB that needs a lot of work) then maybe the Broncos could keep him and let him develop under Manning. But you all have made it such a circus that it wouldn’t surprise me if no team wanted to deal with Tebowmania.

I hope both Manning and the Horse tooth Elway fail terribly here. I’m not a Fan of Tebow but Elway is jerk and I hope he outsmarts himself and is run out of town like he ran out on the BALTIMORE COLTS!

Not a Tebow fan but it wouldn’t surprise me in the least if this blew up in Elway’s face.
Bottom line is if Peyton & the Broncos don’t get it done in 2012…and by get it done I don’t mean just make the playoffs…then he’ll come back in 2013, at age 37.
And so on..
Not unlike when the Celtics picked up Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen, there’s a limited window of opportunity and the meter is running. Better get it done right now.

At first I thought the title was “denver expecting much for Tebow’ and thought are they nuts.

Yes of course they will basically give him away.
I feel sorry for the guy in a way. After all he did win and he took the team to the playoffs. But I listen the analyst who know football. Before the draft the word was poor throwing motion and weak arm on the out pass, not a good prospect at QB.

They were right. Denver spent three years working with this guy and he never really developed into the kind of QB they wanted. They gave him the opportunity to flourish, he can’t complain about not having the chances.

It doesn’t matter if Tebow is a “nice guy” or not. Most people outside of Denver and any local church know that Tebow is a horrible NFL QB. He can’t be traded to the arena league because they require someone who can actually throw the ball.

He caught teams off guard last year, that’s not gonna happen again and Denver’s FO is smart enough to realize this. Tebow is NOT a long term solution at QB. Not today, not tomorrow, not for any team.

Okay, I don’t understand the rush to push Tebow out of town. There’s no question he’s the backup now, but why does that mean he’s got to go?

Furthermore, what’s with this story? It’s almost like this organization is embarrassed by the guy’s presence. Why? The Broncos were 1-4 last year when Tebow took over the starting job. While he struggled at points, he managed to lead his team to the playoffs, and engineer a playoff victory over a Pittsburgh team that many thought was headed for the Super Bowl.

I don’t blame the Broncos for going out and getting Manning, because there are about 23 other teams that he would immediately make better. But discarding Tebow like they’re embarrased by his presence? There’s more to this story than the Bronco front office is letting on.

I think Denver is missing out if they trade him or release him. Tebow brings an option not many teams have in short yardage situations and it doesn’t even have to be as a quarterback. Line him up anywhere on the field and he will get tons of attention. You also have to think about Manning getting hurt again and the what if’s. You have probably the most quality young man in all of football on your roster and you’re going to let him go? Why? He doesn’t make much in a football sense and he brings nothing but good to a team that embraces him on and off the field.

Lastly, all of you Tebow bashers are comedy. This guy is a gamer that has the will to win and you guys bash on him because he prays and has faith. Try it, you might like it.

And in other news the most ungrateful football fans in america tarred and feathered the man that made their horrible football team respectable last year. And John Elway was quoted when asked about trading tebow saying “I’m sorry tim who?”

“I have never seen a person who you would think would be loved and adored by everyone get treated so badly. (Tebow) has never once “tooted his own horn” or done anything to cause harm or embarrassment to his organization or teammates.”

The whole Tebowing thing was tooting his own horn. The praying on the sidelines when he knew he was miked up was tooting his own horn. It was all “Hey look at me!”

One thing Tebow is not, is stupid. He knows he’s not very good at the NFL level, but if he does enough of the “Thank you Jeebus stuff,” some hate group disguised as Christian (like Focus on the Family) will pay him a bunch of money to speak out against lesbians visiting their dying loved ones or half-time performers flipping the middle finger.

Okay, I don’t understand the rush to push Tebow out of town. There’s no question he’s the backup now, but why does that mean he’s got to go?

Furthermore, what’s with this story? It’s almost like this organization is embarrassed by the guy’s presence. Why? The Broncos were 1-4 last year when Tebow took over the starting job. While he struggled at points, he managed to lead his team to the playoffs, and engineer a playoff victory over a Pittsburgh team that many thought was headed for the Super Bowl.

I don’t blame the Broncos for going out and getting Manning, because there are about 23 other teams that he would immediately make better. But discarding Tebow like they’re embarrased by his presence? There’s more to this story than the Bronco front office is letting on.

duece 5 says:

fwippel, it isn’t hard to understand that the broncos organization—Bolen, Elway, and Fox don’t want the entire drama and blind followers of Tim tebow causing a stir when Manning throws his first pick. The drama and tim Tebow for long term doesn’t make sense.

I personally like and respect what Tebow is about. Most of us would be proud if he married one of our daughters. He is a clean-cut, sincere Christian. I love that in him. He doesn’t hit his girlfriend, he doesn’t “make it rain” in “scrip” clubs, he isn’t pulling a gun on anyone……

He just isn’t an NFL STARTING QB over the long-term. He beat ONE team with a winning record. Elway knows that the way Tebow plays over the long haul will not get them that far.

Denver won games DESPITE the way he played SO POORLY in the 1st 3 quarters of the game, that the “miraculous” comebacks SHOULD HAVE BEEN WON IN THE 3rd quarter, but Tebow put the offense and team in such terrible positions, the DEFENSE and their kicker helped get them alot of those victories.

I like TTebow, I just don’t like him as a starting NFL qb for the long haul…..a few games, sure!
Stopgap….sure! But HE didn’t win those on his own…..he actually was in the way of winning for most the games he won until he finally played well enough…..

doncherry81 says:
Mar 19, 2012 1:20 PM
I hope Tebow comes back to haunt you, Elway. Never seen a guy who wins disrespected so much.

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He’s not disrespected… he’s just not very good. Waaaay too much credit given to Tebow for winning. Just for a second, take a look at the defensive side of the ball. THAT is why the Broncos were winning.

thankheavenfornumberseven says:
Mar 19, 2012 1:21 PM
The nice thing for Tebow is now he’ll be able to play in a place where he’s wanted.

If he goes to the Jags, it’s only the owner that wants him to sell seats. If he goes to Miami, it’s only because no one else wanted to and they’ll draft a replacement in 2013.
Anywhere else he goes, he’s a backup or only comes in on trick plays. Tebow should have never been drafted in the first round.

datd00d says:
Mar 19, 2012 1:25 PM
Sounds like the guy saying “..I’d be surprised if he went for much better than a fifth rounder” is trying to make a headline. Tebow is AT LEAST worth a fourth rounder on his H-back skills alone.

At a minimum, the guy can run in the NFL. He routinely trucked and outran linebackers and secondary players last year. Add in his star power and potential as a QB, he could definitely go for a 2nd-3rd rounder to the right buyer.

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Timmy only wants to play QB, his ego wont allow him to not touch the football on EVERY play.

“Trade him to anywhere that doesn’t have media or access to a podium microphone. A silent Tebow is a good Tebow”…

So what you’re saying is you want him traded to the Patriots… there is no place on earth more controlled than behind the Iron Curtain at Patriot Place…. If he can keep Ocho Cinco from talking and twittering, he can keep the mics away from TT. You don’t want to mess with Darth Belichick.

Tim Tebow can be a successful starting QB in the NFL, heck Doug Flutie did it when so many people over and over put him down for his style of play. Does anyone remember Flutie’s jump and throw, because the offensive lineman were so much taller than him? Tebow has already prov-en he can win, he just needs a Head Coach and GM to believe in him.

As a long time fins fan I say bring him on. The guy has heart and knows how to win. What’s the alternative? At least he is a guy I can respect and get behind. I just think he needs time and you know what? The Dolphins aren’t going anywhere this year anyway, there is no one to throw to!

Being the classy guy that Tebow is, he probably already called Peyton to congratulate him and welcome him to Denver. I’m sure he’s bummed but he has way too much class and character to complain or say anything negative.

babyjesus69 says:
Mar 19, 2012 1:30 PM
Peyton chose comfortability and money over his best chance at winning a championship and playing in same conference as lil bro. Why not choose the team that was less than a quarter from playing in the championship if you’re really serious about winning another title? Guess he’s contempt in having 1 more than Marino.

And it’s not like Joe Montana when he went to Chiefs. Here’s the difference between the two. Montana got traded to Chiefs. He would of never signed with the Chiefs. But like any true competitor he made the best of his given situation. Something Peyton didn’t in this case.

-bitter niners fan

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Because he realizes that the AFC is the softer conference and that it will be easier to get to the Super Bowl that way. Just one bit of proof of this is that the last three Super Bowl winners were from the NFC.

I am not a Tebow fan, but I will say this. Tebow worked hard for the Broncos, and they in return did nothing but disrespect him. If they think for a moment they are going to get something good out of this, they certainly have another think coming.

joetoronto says:Mar 19, 2012 1:19 PM
“If two teams want him, they might get a 4th or 5th, otherwise forget it, maybe a box of used tissues or Packer “stock”.

with players getting 100 million dollar deals, an organization without a trillionaire owner has to find ways to make some dough…. “useless” … if staying competitive in a big money league is useless, then you should just quit on football in general.

Keep Tim, manning can make him a better qb. I say trade or get ride of Quinn, he ain’t doing nothing but sitting in the sideline & getting paid for nothing. John elway will regret trading tim (if he does), besides manning can get hurt & tebow can take over and do better than quin.